79 m. ago Israeli attack on church in Gaza injures priest Pope Francis called daily

Italian PM condemns strike on territory’s only Catholic church that injured clergy and childrenIsraeli strikes have hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, injuring several people including the parish priest – who used to receive daily calls from the late Pope Francis – and drawing condemnation from the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.“The Holy Family church in Gaza has been struck by a raid this morning,” the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said in a statement. “There are several injuries in the place, including the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli. Currently there are no fatalities confirmed. The church sustained damage.” Continue reading...

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89 m. ago Dad 'destroyed' as newborn 'killed by young boy loose on hospital ward'

The youngster was said to have been unsupervised and 'disruptive' when little Zayneb-Cassandra died.

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2 h. ago Dad's agony after baby 'killed by boy, 6, loose on ward' as family blast hospital

Mohamed-Hamza, 23, said he broke down in tears when he heard that his newborn daughter Zayneb-Cassandra had allegedly been dropped on the floor by an unsupervised six-year-old boy

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3 h. ago Boy, six, 'who killed newborn after being left to roam French maternity ward was found on a chair next to the baby's crib calling the girl his "doll"', says horrified woman who discovered the scene

Baby Zayneb-Cassandra - who was born via caesarean section to parents Mohamed-Hamza (pictured) and Sephora - was found lying beside her crib with a traumatic brain injury last week

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3 h. ago Voices: Keir Starmer has asserted his power by suspending the Labour rebels – about time, too

The prime minister has cracked down on ‘persistent knobheadery’ in his party, as one source put it – he’s finally shown true grit, writes John Rentoul

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3 h. ago Germany to close loophole to allow police to seize small boats in Starmer migrant deal

It comes a week after the prime minister signed a ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal with France’s Emmanuel Macron

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4 h. ago Australian prime minister indulges in panda diplomacy a China state visit nears end

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has toured a panda breeding facility in the final stages of an extended state visit that has cast China as a fellow champion of a global fair trade system under threat from the United States

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5 h. ago 'Wales and Port Talbot have a bright future under Labour' | Keir Starmer

The Prime Minister writes for WalesOnline about his party's approach to supporting the steel industry in Port Talbot

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8 h. ago Leaders of the UK and Germany to sign a treaty on defense, trade and migration

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are signing a treaty Thursday to strengthen defense ties and combat migrant smuggling across the English Channel

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14 h. ago Keir Starmer to hold major meeting with German Chancellor in UK

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will welcome Berlin's plans to criminalise facilitating illegal migration to the UK by the end of the year as he meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday

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14 h. ago Starmer to host Merz in chancellor’s first official visit to UK

The Prime Minister has been seeking to strengthen ties with EU countries.

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14 h. ago Starmer to pledge to ‘rebalance power’ at summit with community groups

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will deliver a keynote speech when he launches the Government’s civil society covenant.

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16 h. ago Tomorrowland organisers issue statement after fire 'severely damages' main stage

A fire ripped through the main stage at the Europe festival

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20 h. ago Mirror Daily Digest: Our top stories from Starmer suspends MPs to boy, 6, 'kills newborn in hospital'

In this Wednesday's Mirror Daily Digest, we've pulled together the biggest stories of the day from Starmer's suspension of four Labour MPs to the tragic death of a baby in hospital

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20 h. ago Illegal work crackdown: London businesses fined £1m a month as latest raids reveal workers in UK for 16 years

During Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer said the rollout of eVisas would help tackle illegal working

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20 h. ago Cambodia makes 1,000 arrests in latest crackdown on cybercrime

Cambodian authorities have made 1,000 arrests after Prime Minister Hun Manet ordered a crackdown on cybercrime operators

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20 h. ago A key coalition partner of Netanyahu is quitting, leaving him with minority in Israeli parliament

A key governing partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it is quitting the government, leaving him with a minority in parliament

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21 h. ago Hungary opposition figures urge Democrats to organize against autocratic takeover by Trump

Forum speakers said Donald Trump’s second term resembles strongman Viktor Orbán’s first years in powerDemocrats must organize urgently for the 2026 midterm elections and avoid a “it can’t happen here” mentality to stop Donald Trump from staging a full-scale autocratic takeover, a Hungarian opposition parliamentarian has said.Katalin Cseh, a critic of Hungary’s strongman prime minister, Viktor Orbán, told a forum on authoritarianism that the central European country’s experience held vital lessons for Trump’s opponents in their attempts to resist his assaults on US institutions and democratic norms since his return to the White House. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Boy 'kills newborn baby while roaming hospital maternity ward'

The boy 'treated her like a doll' and dropped her on the floor of a hospital's maternity unit, with a criminal investigation under way.

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22 h. ago Keir Starmer suspends Labour rebels after repeated backbench revolts

Labour prime minister seeks to reassert his authority

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